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Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 January

A lawyer’s amazingly detailed analysis of Bilbo’s contract in The Hobbit [Wired] Former Leeds University…
Jan 18 2013 9:18am
Morning Round-Up: Monday 14 January

Allen & Overy chief backs apprenticeships “so long as standards are upheld” [The Independent] Drop…
Jan 14 2013 9:22am
‘I Look Forward To Meeting You On 31 Sept As Well’: Cambridge Law Student Taunts ‘Sloppy’ Law Firm Grad Recruiters

As a strategy to land a job, Sebastian Salek’s decision to pen an article for…
Jan 8 2013 11:36am
End Of The Day Round-Up

Lap dancer loses sacking claim [The Independent] Matrix silk overturns Stringfellows stripper decision [The Lawyer]…
Dec 21 2012 7:35pm
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 19 December

Posters of offensive messages on Twitter or Facebook less likely to face criminal charges, under…
Dec 19 2012 9:22am
End Of The Day Round-Up

“The Bill of Rights Commission reports tomorrow. Please, please can we all try to be…
Dec 17 2012 6:58pm

End Of The Day Round-Up

Gary McKinnon will face no UK charges [CPS Blog] Margaret Moran’s lawyer, Jim Sturman QC,…
Dec 14 2012 7:01pm
What Will Replace The Fading Dreams Of City Law Megabucks And Criminal Bar Glamour?

This is the central question that the panel will be discussing at Legal Cheek‘s Google…
Dec 5 2012 9:36am
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 5 December

Free the Press, free the Judges [The Independent] Law firms: the priciest partnerships [The Economist]…
Dec 5 2012 8:37am
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 4 December

Google ‘should face libel laws over blogging site’ [Metro] Philadelphia judge ‘hangs himself after separating…
Dec 4 2012 9:23am
End Of The Day Round-Up

“Today’s score on Twitter: @Pontifex 1 – 2 Royal Family. The Vatican easily out-newsed on…
Dec 3 2012 7:03pm
End Of The Day Round-Up

Porn producers face legal action over Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation [Metro] Office of judicial…
Nov 30 2012 8:26pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 30 November

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers [The Spectator] I’m a barrister,…
Nov 30 2012 9:13am
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 28 November

Can you get around Facebook’s terms of service by posting some legal-sounding mumbo-jumbo on your…
Nov 28 2012 9:37am
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 27 November

Milking: an udderly bizarre student trend [The Guardian] Leveson Inquiry will be shelved or re-assigned…
Nov 27 2012 9:25am
Morning Round-Up: Tuesday 20 November

Clarke’s secret courts belong in a repressive regime and undemocratic society warn lawyers [Mail Online]…
Nov 20 2012 9:16am
Morning Round-Up: Friday 16 November

The future: applying for training contracts and pupillages via Facebook? [Forbes] Lord Neuberger’s speech on…
Nov 16 2012 9:37am
End Of The Day Round-Up

The danger lurking in laws to end cyberbullying [Legal Cheek’s associate editor Emily Jupp in…
Nov 15 2012 6:47pm

Morning Round-Up: Thursday 15 November

Kings College London law students to share £20 million gift from Harvey Nichols owner [Evening…
Nov 15 2012 8:11am
Morning Round-Up: Wednesday 14 November

Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Reed Smith among the “50 best law firms for…
Nov 14 2012 9:27am
End Of The Day Round-Up

Released: Bar Barometer, trends in the profile of the Bar [Bar Council] Internet access is…
Nov 13 2012 6:47pm

Morning Round-Up: Friday 18 January